Process of manufacturing metal caskets



O. H. ELIEL.

PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING METAL GASKETS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I9, 1920-.

Patented Apr.

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esca'n. n, Emma, or LA SALLE, ILLINOIS.

IPGESS 01E MANUFACTURING BLLETAL GASKETS.

To all whom it may ca era:

Be it known that ll, Oscar HrELIEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of La Salle, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Process of Manufacturing Metal Caskets; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of u this specification.

This invention relates to aprocess of manufac'turing metal caskets and while the process disclosed may be applied to the manufacture ofany -metal container it is a process intended primarily to be used in the manufacture of burial caskets. As many such caskets are hermetically sealed to protect the body contained therein, it is particul'arly desirable that they be made with as few joints as possible. A multiplicity of joints in the casket construction greatly ineffect of the air.

creasesthe difliculty of sealing air from the interior thereof and therefore increases the liability of decomposition resulting from the From a manufacturing standpoint it is alsodesirable that the caskets be made from a minimum number of pieces of stamped material. Stamping large caskets from a single sheet of metal is difficult because of the necessary drawing of the metal. It is desirable, however, to provide a casket presenting the advantages of simplicity and economy. of manufacture of one whlch is stamped froma single sheet of metal and at the same time-to avoid the dificulties encountered in the stamping process.

, It is an object of this invention to provide a casket formed from .two longitudinal sections of stamped metal secured in assembled relation by butt welding, brazing or other suitable means.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a method of'manufacturing a casket from stamped metal sections.

llt is a further object of this invention to provide a method whereby a casket may be manufactured from stamp ed metal sections without unduly drawing the metal in the process of stamping. v Other and further importantobjects of Specification of Letters Patent. Pat-gntqgd Apr, 118, 1922, Application filed march 19, 1920. I Serial No. 367,182.

this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying drawings.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter,

more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure l is a longitudinal view in perspective of a casket manufactured by the process of this invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bottom of a section of the casket manufactured by the process of this invention.

.Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 1, showing the flange removed.

As shown on the drawings:

The casket of this invention comprises in general the longitudinal portions l and 2 which are joined together at the longitudinal seam 3 by butt welding, brazing or in any other convenient manner. As shown in Figure 2, such portions 1 and 2 are seamless and may be conveniently stamped from a single sheet of metal without unduly drawing or tensioning the same. Flanges 5 and 6 may be integrally formed around the upper edges of said portions 1 and 2 during the stamping process and said flanges may be ofany formdesired to interfit with the edges of the cover of the casket. llf facilities for stamping are available the entire casket may be stamped from a single iece of sheet metal with the side portions and 8' thereof flaring out wardly. This latter method, however, is-

struction may be varied through awide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patentgranted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

ll claim as my invention: v The process of making a long receptacle open at the top which consists in stam ing a pair of longitudinal complemental be y seetiens, each from a single piece of sheet ma- In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub-' teria-l and each having at the upper edge a scribed my name in the presence of two subflange turned toward the outside of the rescribing witnesses.

ceptacle and butt welding said sections to- OSCAR H. 'ELIEL. .5 gether, whereby a joint running lengthwise Witnesses:

of the receptacle and extending to the edges LAWRENCE REIBSTEIN,

of the flanges is formed. CARLTON HILL 

